Talk:The Traveling Man

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A fact from The Traveling Man appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 13 July 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that The Traveling Man was commissioned by Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) to replace murals that were destroyed for the construction of DART Light Rail in Deep Ellum?

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Did you know nomination

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:13, 6 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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The Traveling Man

... that The Traveling Man (pictured) was commissioned by Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) to replace murals that were destroyed for the construction of DART Light Rail in Deep Ellum, Dallas? Source: Dallas Morning News
- ALT1:... that the fictional origin story of The Traveling Man (pictured) is that it was a steam locomotive buried beneath an elm tree that sprang to life when a blues musician spilled gin on the tree's roots? Source: The Dallas Morning News, Slate, Dallas Observer
- ALT2:... that The Traveling Man (pictured) is made of brushed and polished sheets of stainless steel that are held together with approximately 10,000 stainless steel rivets? Source: Slate, CultureMap Dallas, D Magazine

Reviewed: Poppy seed defence

Moved to mainspace by Michael Barera (talk). Self-nominated at 19:33, 22 May 2021 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook eligibility:

Cited:
Interesting:
Other problems:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Very nice article and fun read. I would lean away from ALT2 because I could only find the claim of 10,000 rivets in one source and only phrased as a hypothetical question rather than listed as a definitive fact of the construction. Of course WP:AGF applies but with two other hooks that are just as interesting, I'd say go with one of those. Nice work Michael Barera!
copyvios clears. N8 17:15, 29 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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One of three settings in an art installation called "Traveling Man" in Deep Ellum, a neighborhood composed largely of arts and entertainment venues near downtown in Old East Dallas, Texas LCCN2014632793.tif

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